Baʹtrachomyʹomachia (pronounce Ba-trakʹo-myʹo-makʹia)
.A storm in a puddle; much ado about nothing. The word is the name of a mock heroic poem in Greek, supposed to be by Piʹgrēs of Caria, and means The Battle of the Frogs and Mice.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.